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ISA grading makes the big time!!!

bobbyw8469bobbyw8469 Posts: 7,144 ✭✭✭
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Any thoughts on this card?? In the current Mile High auction....

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  • itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭
    did they put the other part of the card in another holder? image
  • bobbyw8469bobbyw8469 Posts: 7,144 ✭✭✭
    It doesn't look short....just think their holder is too big......apparently they can't make custom gaskets like SGC......
  • SmuggoSmuggo Posts: 425 ✭
    Looks like a beautiful card. I would just wonder why the consignor would choose ISA.
    Collecting Pre-War, Pre-War HOF Types, Pre-War Postcards
  • bobbyw8469bobbyw8469 Posts: 7,144 ✭✭✭
    Maybe he thought an ISA 8 was better than a PSA 6.5 (which is what I am guessing the card used to be....)
  • SmuggoSmuggo Posts: 425 ✭
    Agreed.
    Collecting Pre-War, Pre-War HOF Types, Pre-War Postcards
  • SmuggoSmuggo Posts: 425 ✭
    Now the question is does it sell for anymore than say a PSa 6 would?
    Collecting Pre-War, Pre-War HOF Types, Pre-War Postcards
  • BoopottsBoopotts Posts: 6,784 ✭✭


    << <i>did they put the other part of the card in another holder? image >>



    If this card was in a PSA 7 holder and someone posted a picture of it would you have responded this same way?
  • stevekstevek Posts: 30,196 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Interesting that Steve Hart is listed on their website as giving them a nice recommendation.
  • itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>did they put the other part of the card in another holder? image >>



    If this card was in a PSA 7 holder and someone posted a picture of it would you have responded this same way? >>



    good point....it does look suspect in an oversized gasket, though.

    i would be interested in knowing the T/B measurement.
  • PSASAPPSASAP Posts: 2,284 ✭✭✭
    After reading the testimonials on the ISA website, the numerous grammatical errors doesn't help create a perception of professionalism, in my opinion. I would hire a proofreader ASAP.
  • bobbyw8469bobbyw8469 Posts: 7,144 ✭✭✭
    Seeing as how the ISA Jim Brown rookie 8 is only around $500 with buyers premium, and the PSA Jim Brown rookie 8 is around $2,000 with buyers premium, it appears they aren't currently held in high esteem throughout the marketplace......
  • bobbyw8469bobbyw8469 Posts: 7,144 ✭✭✭
    image

    Nice left hand border there ISA!!! I am guessing PSA would have graded this an 8 (MC)??? What are we gonna see next? Pro and Gem cards in the current big boy auction catalogs??
  • stevekstevek Posts: 30,196 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>image

    Nice left hand border there ISA!!! I am guessing PSA would have graded this an 8 (MC)??? What are we gonna see next? Pro and Gem cards in the current big boy auction catalogs?? >>




    <<<<< Pasted from ISA website:

    EX-MT 6:
    Excellent-Mint.
    An ISA 6 could show signs of more serious surface wear than an ISA 7 such as a detectable scratch. You may see rounding corners on an ISA 6. Out-of-focus pictures, absence of original gloss, and off-white card borders are characteristic of ISA 6’s. Centering must be at least 80/20 on the front and 90/10 on the reverse. >>>>>

    Sure seems to me like their grading standards for centering have already gone out the window. LOL

  • BlacklabelsocietyBlacklabelsociety Posts: 1,033
    ISA = another basement grading company.
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